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They take issue with opponents, some of whom invoke images of Nazi Germany and accuse the Obama administration of wanting to trample the Constitution and individual rights.
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Some in Germany talk of one day changing the constitution to allow more transfers of power to Brussels.
But a new balanced-budget amendment to the constitution will force Germany to slash spending or raise taxes next year the opposite of what is needed to correct Europe's imbalances and shore up growth.
One one hand, Germany's constitution, written after the second world war to prevent any repeat of Nazi horrors, assures the rights of parents and of religious freedom.